West Ham captain Mark Noble launches scathing attack on club: It can't get any worse

WEST HAM skipper Mark Noble launched into an astonishing attack on his team yesterday, labelling their performances “laughable” after another dismal display at the London Stadium saw them lose their fourth league game in a row.

The Hammers are locked in the bottom three with just three points to their name after their worst start to a season since 2002, when they were relegated from the top flight.

Manager Slaven Bilic insisted after a shambolic display that he would not be walking away from the mounting problems at his club, after an excellent Southampton ripped his team apart with goals from Charlie Austin, Dusan Tadic and James Ward-Prowse, leaving West Ham having conceded 14 goals in their last four league games.

Noble said: “Eleven goals conceded in three league games before this game was laughable – and it’s not good enough. If I’m honest it could have been six.

“We could have kept playing all night and wouldn’t have scored. Our goalkeeper pulled off some good saves – I don’t think it can get any worse.

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“I have been in this position a lot of times at this club. We’ve got to work hard for each other and look to ourselves. We can’t blame each other.

“It’s not good enough but luckily enough it’s early in the season and we’ve got time to turn it round.”

Bilic’s team – who finished seventh last season – now face crucial games in the next month against Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace and Sunderland where they must pick up points or find themselves facing a grim relegation struggle.

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Bilic said: “It is my responsibility, I’m not running away. I don’t want to point fingers.

“One player can make a mistake, but this is four games, it is a team mistake, all of us. These are the same manager, players and crowd as last year.

“Everything that was really good last year is bad. Everything that was average is way below par this season. It’s happened for four games now and we have to change it big time.

“Of course I am asking myself questions. I asking myself questions when we are winning. I’m a hard worker, doing my best, I believe in my team around me, I see players very committed in training. It doesn’t happen on the pitch, then who is responsible? It’s my team, my responsibility, I’m taking it.

“Of course I am low. We lost a game 3-0 that we deserved to lose. If you ask me ‘Am I giving up?’ I am not.”

Saints manager Claude Puel, whose team have now won four games in a row, said: “We scored some beautiful goals.”